No, before that, I should have saved him.
I never even considered that he would jump off like that, or that Zanoba would leap after him, I could have used wind magic, possibly...
.... I quit.
I couldn't have known Pax would jump so easily.
I was just too late.
We should have noticed he was considering suicide at an earlier stage.
This, there is no need to dwell on it...
"I may have erred again."
As if lost in thought, Zanoba whispers.
I don't know what lies in his heart.
I can't understand just how seriously Zanoba thought of Pax as his little brother.
However, if you look at Zanoba's face, you can see that he indeed did have some feelings for Pax.
Their past which I don't know about, there may be something there.
"Well with this... but if I look at it this way, then the people who will defy the next King should have decreased. The country... will be stable, right?"
The 11th Prince.
What's his name?
I don't remember, but he's definitely only three.
Even if he orders something, it won't be necessary to follow him.
General Jade, you can handle it.
That's the idea.
It's just my suspicion though.
" .... "
After all, Jade, I wonder if he was Hitogami's apostle.
I wonder if it would have been better if we killed him.
But, we are beyond the point when we could have saved Pax.
Also, now that this is all over, it's likely that Hitogami is done with whoever his apostle was.
It's expected.
I've kept working fruitlessly until now.
At this time, anything I could do would be irrelevant no matter what I tried.
Or rather, I have no confidence in my judgment anymore.
As soon as we return, I had better get instruction from Orsted at once.
Pax's death also needs to be reported.
However I can't return without consulting Zanoba.
"Zanoba, I'll be returning to Sharia; what do you intend to do?"
"........ Shishou. Before returning, from here perhaps we still need to meet up with Ginger."
"Ah, that's right. I understand."
Regrettably, I had already completely forgotten Ginger.
That's right.
We'll need to join up with her.
We'll continue ahead after meeting up with her.
After reflecting a moment, we left that scene behind.